Dear friends, thank you for sharing all the seasons of the year with me! YOU are a huge part of why I love being part of this thriving creative community. Thank you. I’m excited by all the possibilities ahead! Wishing each of you good health, creative adventures and an abundance of happiness and love in the new year! XO #best9of2018#best9#yearinreview#igyearinreview#cheerstothenewyear#2019

I’ve gotten such a great response to this video I took in Bulgaria while visiting a studio that makes beautiful traditional pottery! I’ve decided to dive in even further and make a short documentary about my home country traditions that has been passed through centuries and generations! Next June I will be going home for almost a full month and I can’t think of a better way to spend my days in Bulgaria then promoting ceramics crafts! This will be a whole new journey for me and I’m so excited for it! More will be announced as it becomes more clear! I never knew nor imagined I will ever be involved in clay!❤️ And I’ve never taken anything more seriously in my life!!! Thank you all so much for your continuous and love! 2019 will be epic and I can’t wait for all the new adventures in the studio! @potsinaction#igyearinreview#valerianceramics#colored#porcelain#patterning#bulgarian#traditional#pottery#шарене#българска#керамика#грънци#българия#processvideo#potsinaction#asmr#satisfyingvideos

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Last year during this time I was commissioned by @instagram to create three vivid rainbow themed wigs for a photo shoot of their most memorable trends of 2017, this is an opportunity that I will never forget because it was so huge to me that Instagram took such interest in my life and my craft. ➡️Swipe right to see the photo shoot pictures because they created a beautiful set with all of the artist involved 🦄🌈✨💕#instagram#memories#photoshoot#rainbow#unicorn#unicornhair#pravana#igyearinreview

#throwback2015/16 to my first year in ceramics. How can I ever get bored in the studio? It’s time for a little introduction! My name is Valeri and I will be turning 33 on Christmas Eve. I moved to Orcas island, WA in January 2015 from Bulgaria. I’ve been spending my summers on Orcas island back and forth since 2007 and won the green card lottery so I decided to pack a suitcase and immigrate! With a background of Financial management and marketing I had no idea what ceramic studio and process look like until I met my partner Sean who brought me to his studio @forestceramicco . I’m so incredibly proud to be by his side and share his journey. He is my MENTOR and has guided to me throughout every idea and kept up with all of my nonsenses. All of them! 3 years later I’m still excited to walk in the studio and think of all the things I can make with clay and colors. I have a long list of projects and long winter ahead of me! Time to make some bigger work before next NCECA. #challanges#valerianceramics#coloredporcelain#igyearinreview#forestceramic#makersgonnamake#handmade#porceain#cremerging#ceramicartist#piapottersinaction

Photo by @makeupisart_x While Ellie Costello (@makeupisart_x) paints magical scenes on her eyelids, it feels like she plants them. “I never ever plan a look and then go and get the flowers,” explains 20-year-old Ellie, who lives in London. “I always get some flowers first, then envision the look around the flowers. I find that creating as you go along always allows your creativity and imagination to run a lot more freely — I like just letting the magic happen.” Ellie is part of the beauty community on Instagram who made the eyelid their canvas of choice in 2017. “It is great when you can collaborate with other artists and discover new amazing talent to follow. There is always so much creativity on Instagram, it is very inspiring.” Watch our story to see more from Ellie, and follow along on #IGYearInReview as we reflect on the most memorable Instagram trends of 2017. Stay connected to Ellie’s community by following #undiscoveredmuas on Instagram.@skinsugar

Al-Qurtubi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It was said to Ibraaheem ibn Adham: Why is it that we supplicate and receive no response? He said because you know Allaah but you do not obey Him, and you know the Messenger but you do not follow his Sunnah, and you know the Qur’aan but you do not act in accordance with it, and you eat from the blessings of Allaah but you do not give thanks for them, and you know Paradise but you do not seek it, and you know Hell but you do not flee from it, and you know the shaytaan but you do not fight him rather you agree with him, nd you know death but you do not prepare for it, and you have buried the dead but you do not learn a lesson from that, and you ignore your own faults and are preoccupied with other people’s faults. 📚 Tafseer al-Qurtubi (2/312). ____